Morning Oregonian., March 13, 1902, Page 10, Image 10

THE MORNING OBEGONIAjN, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1902.
FAIR PLAY AT POLLS
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SOFT SNAP FOR HOBOS
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Illegal Voters at Primary Will
J3e Spotted,
NO CHANCE TO ESCAPE ARREST
Police Powerless to Protect Hobos,
Floaters and Repeaters Sheriff
and District Attorney Will
Help Enforce Law.
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Challengers will be at the
polls Saturday, to see that
every Illegal voter Is arrested;
and Deputy Sheriffs will he
there to aid them. If the float
ers, hobos and repeaters thin It
they can bent both the primary
law and vigilant citizens who
are there to see fair play and
an honest count, let them try It.
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Watchers at the polls Saturday will
cause the arrest of every person attempt
ing to vote who Is not legally qualified to
do so. Sheriff Frazlcr said yesterday that
he would instruct his deputies to arrest
any illegal voters detected In the act of
casting a ballot or attempting to do so.
District Attorney Chamberlain has an
nounced his Intention to prosecute all ac
cused persons against whom a complaint
is Issued. The Independent Republicans
are responsible for the present primary
law having been enacted by the Legisla
ture. The same people who secured its
passage will Insist upon Its enforcement.
It has been a somewhat large un
dertaking to run down the reglstra-.
tion of the Tenderloin precincts,
where illegal registration has taken place.
Bat It has been done, and on Satur
day complete and accurate Informa
tion will be in possession of men
who -will be at the polling places to
see that the voters who cast ballots
are legally qualified.
Even if the Simon machine should vote
all of the floaters and colonists of the
cheap hotels and rooming-houses in the
Tenderloin who have been registered at
the expense of the Simon campaign fund,
its victory is not assured. Less than a
half dozen precincts have been concerned
in the colonization of hobos and crim
inals in the Tenderloin. Should the Simon
machine carry these, which even its trlend3
admit is doubtful, the number of dele
gates from the precincts Involved will not
be sufficient to change the result. The
other city precincts and the country pre
cincts are where the greatest expression
of antagonism to the Simon gang will
come from. The Tenderloin precincts are
not factors in the fight, except that the
methods of the Boss are more plainly
shown there than elsewhere.
But the "silent" vote Is what the ma
chine fears. By this Is meant the large
body of voters who are Republicans, and
so vote in the general elections, but who
refuse to concern themselves with pri
mary fights. Often in the past the pri
maries have been farcical, and the un
demonstrative voters have known it. The
present law guarantees a fair count and
an honest one. The protests which have
been unvoiced through the years- of the
Simon machine's domination of party af
fairs will find expression Saturday. A
man who has heretofore been Identified
with the Simon interests and has con
tributed' liberally to campaign funds and
otherwise helped, said yesterday that
each ballot cast by the "silent" voters
Saturday will be "a bullet in a vital spot
to the Simon machine." The man who
made the statement Is still regarded as a
Simon man; If he has experienced a
change of heart, the fact Is not known.
Three prominent professional men were
In the office of a well-known lawyer yes
terday afternoon. The talk was not polit
ical, but when the business part of the
call was transacted, the conversation
turned to the probable Tesult of the pri
mary election.
"No more of the Simon ring for me,"
Bald one who has always been with the
machine.
'Til vote the Independent ticket
straight," said a second, and the third
announced his intention of deserting the
standard of the Boss for good government
and honest administration. All three have
always been regarded, and, in fact, ad
mitted having been, Simon men. But the
methods and the men, whose efforts are
relied upon to continue the Boss in power,
have offended them, and they have re
volted. Similar expressions are being heard
everywhere. A straw vote, taken on a
'Mount Tabor car the other day, showed 19
for the Independent ticket and the three
remaining men passengers would not de
clare that their affiliations were with Si
mon. Portland's Tenderloin is limited,
and no matter how large a majority is
rolled up there, the precincts outside of
the North End are in no way affected.
A large force of Deputy Sheriffs
will be sworn In to net specially at
the polls at the primary election.
These men will be Instructed by
Sheriff Frailer to arrest every per
son attempting to vote Illegally.
The deputies will work with the chal
lengers and watchers, and will in
vestigate every disputed assertion
regarding a voter's qualifications.
He will he compelled to show thnt
lie has lived In the room, from which,
lie registered since he registered,
and he will also have to prove himself a
citizen of Oregon, if reason exists for
doubting the statements made when he
registered.
It will be a Waterloo for the floaters,
the hobos and the criminals and hangers
on of Tenderloin saloons.
The Deputy Sheriffs will arrest The
District Attorney will prosecute. The
penalty is a fine and imprisonment.
And the police cannot "square" it.
VOTING PLACES OP COUNTY.
Where Ballots Will Be Received In
Saturday's Primary Election.
Following is i list of polling places des
ignated for the primary election to be
held Saturday, March 15:
First Ward.
Precinct 1 770 Savier street.
Precinct 2571 Front street, near electric sta
tion. Precinct 3 323 North Twentieth street, near
Qulmby.
Second Ward.
Precinct 4352 GUsan street.
Precinct 5513 GUsan street.
Precinct 0232 North Fourteenth street.
Precinct 7173 North Twenty-first Street.
Precinct 8285 North Nineteenth street.
Third "Ward.
Precinct & USh North 'Sixth street.
Precinct 10292 Burnslde street.
Precinct 1193 Sixth street.
Precinct 12438 Burnslde street.
Precinct 18 C83 "Washington street.
Fourth Ward.
Precinct 14209 Alder street.
Precinct 15348 Alder street.
Precinct 10170 Third street
Precinct 17 Tent, southwest corner West
Park and Yamhill streets.
Precinct 18209 Fourth street.
Precinct 19270 Sixteenth street, near Jeffer
son. Precinct 20 East end Exposition building.
Fifth "War A.
Precinct 21 Tent in Plaza, Third street, near
Madison street.
Precinct 22224 Columbia street.
LAST SAD MOMENTS
OF THE
SIMON MACHINE
Prcinct 23355 Second street, comer Mill
street.
Precinct 24249 Fifth street
Precinct 25 Northeast corner Twelfth and
Jefferson streets
Precinct 20 Tent, southwest corner Four
teenth and Clay streets.
Sixth Ward.
Precinct 27 Harrison street, near Sixth,
Newcastle building.
Precinct 28 Hoover's barn. College street,
near Sixth street.
Precinct 29 Hosehouse. Portland Heights.
Precinct 30 Wager's hall, corner First and
Sherman streets.
Precinct 31 Terwllllgor's hall. 047 First
street.
Precinct 32 Northeast comer First and Wood
streets (Jolly's store).
Seventh Ward.
Precinct 33815 Front street, comer Whltta
ker. Precinct 341002 Corbett street, near Ban
croft street.
Precinct 351461 Macadam street, comer Ne
braska (Fulton).
Eighth Ward.
Precinct SO Firemen's Hall, Sellwood.,
Precinct 37549 Mllwaukle street.
Precinct 38 40S East Clay street.
Precinct 39373 East Eleventh street, near
Harrison street.
Precinct 40 W. C. T. U. Hall, comer Twenty-sixth
and Powell streets.
Ninth Ward.
Precinct 41112 Union avenue, between Alder
and Washington streets.
Precinct 42 Southeast corner East Twentieth
and Morrison streets.
Precinct 43 Hunter's hall, East Thirty-fourth
street, near Yamhill street.
Precinct 44 71Unlon avenue, between Stark
and Oak streets.
Precinct 4525 Grand avenue, north, Burk
hard building.
Precinct 40 Magnets bam. East Ash. be
tween Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets.
Precinct 47315 Holladay avenue.
Tenth Ward.
Precinct 48342 Williams avenue.
Precinct 4980 Russell street.
Precinct 50101 Russell street.
Precinct 51290 Russell-street.
Precinct 52418 Union avenue.
Eleventh Ward.
Precinct 53770 Mississippi avenue.
Precinct 54 Northwest comer Williams ave
nue and Shaver street.
Precinct 55 Huss' bakery (Woodlawn).
Precinct 50 Grangers' hall (Peninsular).
Precinct 57 Portsmouth block ( Portsmouth).
County Precincts.
The polling places in the county pre
cincts will open at 2 P. M., and will be
located as follows:
In Precinct 58, at nostofflce at St. Johns.
In Precinct 59, at Mount Tabor. i
In Precinct 00. at South Mount Tabor.
In Precinct 61, at Montailllo.
In Precinct C2, at Falrvlew.
In Precinct 03. at Gresham.
In Precinct 04. at the residence of E. T.it.
tlepage. 1
In Precinct 05. at Hurlburt. I
In Precinct CO, at Palmer's Mills.
In Precinct 07, at Holbrook.
In Precincts 08 and 09, at Sylvan.
In Precinct 70. at Bertha.
Young Republicans Meet.
A well-attended and enthusiastic meet
ing of the Young Men's Republican Club
of the First Ward was hoM Timednv
night. The Political situation In the Thirst !
Ward was thoroughly discussed, and the i
.....w 0 im.c tt(,iccu iii.iL uu nng 01 pol
iticians will be allowed to control the af
fairs of the ward. Hon. W. A. Storv -a-na
elected as an honorary member, and the '
secretary. E. a Tidcombe, was instructed '
by the club to make out a set of resolu- !
tions to mat errect and have them pre
sented to Mr. Storey by the president,
George G. Hart.
Railroad Pays Wreck Claims.
EL PASO, Tex.. March 12. M. T RId-
die, the father who lost three children in
the recent wreck on the Southern Pacific,
left for Hedlands, Cal., in company with
his wife and only one child, aged 5 years,
after accepting a check for $10,000 from the
railroad company as payment in full for
damages. He signed a contract with the
railroad authorities obligating himself to
institute no legal proceedings whatever
against them.
The amount of money paid out by the
Southern Pacific in settlement of claims
arising .from the wreck has thus far ex
ceeded J73.000. Next to the wreck itself
the promptness in the settlement of the
claims has attracted most attention. In
addition to the four claim agents who
were here lmmediatelv aftr thu xrrftrV-
and have since remained, the general j
wuuu uftcui iuiivcu !OJL Jll&UU uno OI
these stated that their work had been
practically concluded.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby Is Catting Teeth,
Be sure ana use that old sad well-tried remedy,
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup, for children
teethinr. It soothes the child, softens tin iubi
1 allays all psia. cam rlsa oslls tsA tanw;
ASK FOR A RAILROAD
GRAINRATSERS OF WHITMAN COUN
TY SEEK RELIEF.
Now Pay More Than $100,000 a Year
to Market Crop, Besides Teaming
Long Distance.
Dr. H. D. Mills and T. M. Trewick, of
the neighborhood of Alkl, Wash., are In
Portland for the purpose of Inducing the
O. R. & N. Co. to build a branch railroad
Into their section. The district desiring
this kind of relief lies in the extreme
northwestern corner of Whitman Coun
ty, and Its outlet to market now is by way
of Sprague, on the Northern Pacific.
These gentlemen represent that last sea
son the Gresham and-Alkl region sent S27,
000 bushels of wheat to market through
Sprague. all of It going to Tacoma. This
amount of grain was grown on 3S.150 acres
that are now in cultivation. It la esti
mated that there are 56.2S3 acres more of
cultivable land in the same locality,
capable of producing at least 20 bushels
per acre, or L125.G00 bushels. This would
make the total wheat production of that
section 1.9G2.600 bushels. The freight
rate from Sprague to Tacoma is 13 cents
per bushel. Thus the producers of that
region last year paid the Northern Pa
cific for transporting their wheat crop to
Tacoma the sum of $107,510, and if all the
cultivable area were tilled It would pay
annually to get Its wheat to market the
sum of $253,845. This annual item alone, it
is thought by the people of the section
seeking the railroad, would well pay for
building and operating the 20 to 25 miles
necessary to reach the locality.
These people say they would prefer to
do business in Portland, but this is not the
chief reason for their activity to get a
railroad. They now have to team their
wheat 15 to 23 miles over rough roads
through scab land to reach Sprague. They
wish to. avoid the necessity for that team
ing. They assume that the Northern Pa
cific would not give them much consider
ation, for It would hardly go to the ex
pense of building a branch railroad for tho
accommodation of traffic that it gets any
way. The O. R, & N. does not now get a
bushel of the freight, and by building the
branch road it would get It all. Therefore
the appeal is made to the O: R. & N. Co.
The Whitman County men presented the
matter before President Mohlcr yesterday
afternoon, but were told that the O. R.
& N. Co. is not now in shape to take up
the enterprise.
The route suggested for the branch rail
road is from Winona Junction in a north
westerly direction up the Valley of Rock
Creek, a tributary of the Palouse. A
road 20 miles long would reach the edge
of the district desiring relief, but it is
five miles farther to the heart of the dis
trict, and the volume of traffic Is deemed
worth the fullest accommodation. Last
Fall the Northern Pacific completed a
survey across the country from Sprague
to Rosalia, the understanding then be
ing that the company desired to build a
cut-off that would let it out of the Pa
louse country without going away around
by Marshall Junction. However, there
are no indications of activity on that line,
so the people have held public meetings
and appointed this committee to lay the
subject before the O. R. & N. Co.. in the
hope that the spur of competition would
be driven a little deeper in that country.
It may be that independent action will be
taken by the Whitman County people
They also ask the assistance of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce In promoting
the enterprise.
MONEY" POOL DISSOLVED.
Important Action by the Trunk Line
Association.
NEW YORK, March 12. The Herald to
morrow will say: The railroad presidents
and traffic managers composing the Trunk
Line Association met yesterday and de
cided that the "money pool" of the rail
roads of the association shall cease to
exist after April L The railroads compos
ing the pool, which Is the strongest traf
fic association ever formed in the United
States, are the New York Central &. Hud
son River, the Pennsylvania, the Erie, the
Baltimore & Ohio, the West Shore, the
Delaware. Lackawanna & Western, the
Lehigh, the New York, Ontario & West
em and the Central Railroad of New Jer
sey. The dissolution of the association,
the Herald says, was precipitated by news
that President Roosevelt had intimated
that proceedings would be commenced
against all roads which were members of
pooling: agreements. Several Western
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lU5 Jir3rJ,tYin
pools have been abandoned In the past
few days for the same reasons.
The action of the Trunk Line Associa
tion is said to be by far' the most import
ant event in the Eastern freight traffic
situation which has occurred in many
years, and the abandonment of the asso
ciation was strongly urged by President
Newman, of the New York Central. This
pool was the richest and most powerful
combination ever formed to maintain rates
and divide business among its members.
Regular returns were" made of the ton
nnge carried out of New York by each
company, and a certain quota was a fitted
to each railroad. For each ton carried in
excess of the regular quota each road paid
510 into tne pool, tne total or wnicn was
divided among those roads which did not
come up to their regular share.
Railroad Bills in Iowa Legislature.
DES MOINES, la., March 12. By a voto
of 33 to 9, the Senate has passed the ways
and means committee bill for the taxa
tion of railroad property on a basis of
stocks and bonds, net and gross earn
ings, and physical condition. The meas
ure requires publicity of the records of
tho executive council in making the as
sessment and Its reasons for reaching re
mits. An effort to substitute the Nich
ols stocks and bonds law of Ohio for the
committee measure failed. It is predicted
that the measure will pass the House also.
The House committee on railroads has
voted to report for passage the Carter
bill reducing the passenger fare on rail
roads in Iowa to 2 cents a mile, and to
report without recommendation the Don
ahue bill to require railroads to furnish
all public officials with passes.
Charles II. "Warren Resigns.
NEW YORK. March 12. Charles H.
Warren, vice-president of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, has resigned
hip position to accent service with an
other railroad, the name of which has
HOBOS AND ILLEGAL
VOTERS, BEWARE!
You cannot "square" it.
If you attempt to vote at
the polls Saturday, you will
be arrested. It will not be
mnde "all right" by the police,
who urged you to register.
The names of all persons who
have registered without legal
right to do so are known. The
fact of illegality has been' in
vestigated and verified.
Read -what Sheriff Frazler
says:
"I shall Instruct each one
of my deputies to arrest any
persons trying to vote at
the primary election Satur
day who are not entitled by
law to cast a ballot."
Prosecution will follow ar
rest. Here Is District Attor
ney Chamberlain's warning:
"I will prosecute every
case for which a. complaint
is pxYom to against persons
attempting to vote Illegally
at the primary election Sat
urday. The law provides
for an honest and fair elec
tion, and so far as the Dis
trict Attorney's office can
aid to that end the people
may be assured that every
thing: possible -will be done."
And the police cannot
"square it.
not yet been disclosed. Mr. Warren's
connection with the Central Railroad does
not terminate until June.
Mr. Warren has been practically in
charge of tho Central property for sev
eral years, and under his -direction sev
eral departments of It were reorganized.
Prior to .coming to the Central he held
a high place In the Great Northern Rail
road, under James J. Hill.
Pennsylvania Tunnel BUI Passed.
ALBANY, N. Y., March 12. The Penn
sylvania tunnell bill passed the Senate
today. The bill permits the City of New
York to award a franchise to the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company for a rea
sonable annual compensation to construct
tunnels from New Jersey under the North
and East Rivers and to maintain termi
nals on Manhattan and Long Islands. The
period of revaluation of the franchise is
placed at not more than 23 years.
AMBITIOUS NEW SCHEME
RAILROAD FROM EUREKA TO BOISE
AND WEISER.
Agreement for Construction Work
Said to Have Been Entered Into
Total Cost $25,000,000.
There has been a good deal of talk
about an ambitious railroad scheme from
Eureka, Cal., eastward somewhat Indefi
nitely beyond Boise, Idaho, connecting
with the Southern Pacific at Redding,
with the Oregon Short Line near Boise,
and with the Northern Pacific or Great
Northern, or both, at some other point
not specified. The latest report Is that
the railroad will go to Boise and then
bend back Jo Welser. The Wall-Strpet
Journal prints this Interesting discussion
of the project:
We are informed on good authority that the
plans for a railroad from Eureka, on the Pa
cific Coast, through tho Rocky Mountains, to
Welser, Idaho, axe well under way. The plans
will Involve capital to the extent or $25,000,000,
-which is to be provided by England and Amer
ican Interests. The new road will be import
ant as forming a direct link between the Hill
and Harrlman lines.
Lord Thurlow, the promoter of the new road,
has been in consultation with E. H. Harrlman,
of the Southern Pacific, many times during
the past few weeks, in New York. The new
road is to cross the Southern Pacific at Red
ding, and connect with the Oregon Short Line
near Boise City. Exactly what agreement was
arrived at with Mr. Harrlman is not stated.
Lord Thurlow, J. R. Delamar, G. H. Proctor.
Robert Gibson and William R. A. Wilson are
the men Immediately Interested In the organ
ization and development of the plan as outlined.
Three surveys have been made, and the one
chosen shows a maximum grade of less than
2H per cent between Eureka and Redding, with
an extreme altitude of 4000 feet. From Red
ding, east and north, the altitude Is 5000 feet,
against 8000 on the Southern Pacific
With regard to the future of the road the
promoters are very optimistic It is pointed
out that Eureka, the Western terminus, is
the only big harbor on the coast between San
Francisco and Portland. The Government has
lately spent $1,500,000 in harbor Improvements
there, and the town Is now the emporium of
tho Humboldt district, with an annual trade of
10.000,000. Since there is no railway competi
tion In the district, the trado wilt be a valua
ble asset. The timber lands of Northern Cali
fornia. Oregon and Idaho, as well as the mines
of Shasta and Humboldt, and the grazing lands
of Idaho and California, are to be traversed.
An agreement has been entered Into with a
New York contracting firm for work on tho
lines projected, but the statements that con
tracts have been signed for the whole under
taking, and bonds underwritten, are discred
ited as premature.
This statement bears evidence of loose
ness. The new railroad would reach
Welser without having been near any part
of the Rocky Mountains. The lino would
traverse 600 to 700 miles of country that
is mostly grazing land, and comparatively
little of which can be cultivated without
irrigation. A livestock country does not
yield much traffic for railroads. The
Humboldt Bay country bears a lot of
valuable timber, and It Is a fine dairy
country. Investment of $25,000,000 in such
a scheme does not seem to Portland rail
road men to be rational.
SUIT AGAINST A MERGER.
Van Sant Is After the Iron Range
Roads Combination.
ST. PAUL, March 12. Governor Van
Sant has Instructed Attorney-General
Douglas to begin proceedings In the state
courts against the alleged merger of the
Iron Range Railroads. The bill will be
filed very soon, and the Unlted States
Steel Corporation, which Is reputed to
own the stock of the Duluth, Mesaba &
Northern, and the Duluth & Iron Range
roads, will be made a party defendant.
The steel corporation maintains offices at
Duluth, and it Is thought there will be
no difficulty in reaching It through the
state courts! The State Senate, before
final adjournment, adopted a resolution
calling for an investigation of tho pur
chase of the roads, and the Governor's
action is in response to this demand. The
railroads have not actually consolidated,
and maintain separate organizations, but
are alleged to be under a common control.
Tho same question as Is Involved in the
state's complaint against the Northern Se
curities Company Is at Issue in the pres
ent action.
The Pioneer Press tomorrow- will say
that the attorneys for the state in the
prosecution of the so-called merger of the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific Rail
way Companies have about decided that
the state, is in a helpless condition, owing
to the inability to find a court with Juris
diction. It is stated that tho decision of
the Supreme Court of the United States
ta take original jurisdiction in the case In
effect barred the state from bringing ac
tion in any of the lower Federal Courts.
To bring the suit In the state
courts. It Is claimed, would be Ineffective.
because the Northern Securities Company
Is a foreign corporation and so not amen
able to state courts. If the cases were
brought In New Jersey, the home of the
Northern Securities Company, then the
same obstacle would be encountered,
namely, that the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific were foreign corporations
In tho eyes of the New Jersey courts. If
the state should bring proceedings In quo
warranto to forfeit the Great Northern
Company's charter It would be Incumbent
upon It to prove an actual consolidation
of the two roads In order to bring it
within the purview of the statute prohib
iting such consolidation. Attorney-General
Douglas Is said to have favored Is
suing a frank statement of the case to
the public, but in this he was overruled
by his associates.
"Withdraw Front Passenger Bureau.
ST. LOUIS, March 12. At a special
meeting of the Southwestern Passenger
Association Bureau today, the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific, the Chicago, Rock
Island & Texas and tho Texas & Pacific
Railways served notice of their with
drawal from the bureau. The meeting In
structed the advisory committee of the
bureau to telegraph the International &
Great Northern Railroad that its mem
bership in the bureau is most earnestly
desired, it being believed to be the key to
the situation.
Progress of the Freight Bureau.
The Transcontinental Freight Bureau Is
still grinding along with its work of revis
ing transcontinental rates. The west
bound tariff sheet has been finished, and
the west-bound docket exhausted. Work
on cast-bound rates is now In progress,
and this will not be concluded before the
end of the week. This is the third week
the bureau has been in session. It la giv
ing transcontinental freight rates a very
complete revision, though it is said no
important changes have been made.
Francis "Will Succeed Eustls.
OMAHA, March 12. Although not given
out officially, it is stated by a high official
of the Burlington Railroad that John
Francis, general passenger and ticket
agent of the Burlington & Missouri line,
will. April L become general passenger
agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quln
cy, with headquarters at Chicago. Mr.
Francis will succeed P. S. Eustls, who Is
said to be slated to become general traffic
manager of the entire system.
Dlnlng-Car Service on Union Pacific.
OMAHA, March 12. About April 1 the
Union Pacific will begin operating its own
dining-car service. The new arrangement
will be put Into effect over the entire sys
tem. The plan was completed by Presi
dent Burt while on a trip to Chicago,
from which he returned today.
No Action on N. P. Dividend.
NEW YORK, March 12. In the absence
of a quorum of directors, no action on
the Northern Pacific common dividend
was taken today. Tho meeting of the di
rectors for this purpose was indefinitely
postponed.
The New York "Amen Corner."
NEW YORK, March 12. Frequenters of
tho "Amen Corner" at the Fifth-Avenue
Hotel have prepared papers of incorpora
tion which will be filed with the Secretary
of State. The object of the incorporation
is stated to be social enjoyment of the
members. The "Amen Corner" has been
popular for many years with state and
city Republican politicians. Plans are
now being made for the annual dinner on
April 4, when Senator Thomas C. Piatt
will be the guest of honor.
Mine Disaster Victims.
NEGAUNEE, Mich.,, March 12. The
bodies of four of the 10 victims of the
Negaunec mine disaster of January 7 were
recovered today. They are mutilated be
yond recognition. The drift where the
bodies are is In a treacherous condition
owing to quicksand.
Valuable Racehorse Sick.
NEW YORK. March 12. W. C. Whit
ney's fHO.000 filly. Endurance by Right,
which has been near death from-pneumonia
within the past 4S hours, is better and
the veterinary in attendance now ex
presses the belief that she will recover.
Cathartic or purgative pills do more
harm than good. Carter's Little Liver
Pills do only good, but a large amount of
that. Only one pill a dose.
HAND IN GLOVE WITH POLICE,
THEY OVERRUN WHITECHAPEL.
No One Molests Them, the Machine
Gives Them Food and Drink, and
Things Come Easy.
Hobos are beginning to look upon Port
land as a sort of tramps' paradise. There
are at present no hobos adorning the rock
plle, and there are no hobos being arrest
ed. Yet there are plenty of idle men loaf
ing around Whltechapel saloons and res
taurantsheld In pickle by the police for
what is vaguely known as "election pur
poses." These vagrants have had a well
fed look these past two months, and they
are spending money . recklessly, buying
drinks, 10-cent cigars, and sumptuous
meals. They say that they wish election
time blossomed all the year round.
Any stranger who looked In at the polico
station would imagine that Portland had
sudden.y developed into a moral city, and
that crime is unknown here, for hardly
anybody Is being arrested. The police
men are taken off their beats and are
dressed In citizen's clothes, electioneering.
So they are not looking for people whom
they may arrest they are bent on look
ing after people to vote at the primaries.
They are not attending to business as
sworn peace officers. They have devel
oped Into politicians, and It Is only after
an arduous search that you can find any
policeman in uniform on the streets In the
day time.
Upstairs in the Municipal Court, Mu
nicipal Judge Cameron and Clerk Thomas
B. jMcDevitt. Jr., are having the "snap"
of thtlr lives. As very few people aro
being arrested, few prisoners are brought
before the Municipal Court for sentence,
and the sessions of that court are usually
over In a few minutes' time. Some daya
the ses-sion lasts four minutes. Cobwebs
are beginning to grow over Judge Camer
on's desk, as the courtroom Ls hardly be
ing used any more. His Honor ls also
electioneering, and is busily at work hunt
ing machine votes to enable him to suc
ceed himself as Municipal Judge. Yes,
the hobos love Portland under present
conditions.
"We've got the ducats, and all that la
expected of us Is our vote at the pri
maries." Is an expression often heard
among gangs of Idle hobos around town.
BOERS SEEK AMERICAN HOMES
Inquiry Received as to Lands Avail
able in Oregon.
Boers confined in the British military
prison at Ahmednager, In the Presidency
of Bombay, India, have made formal re
quest for homes ih the United States. It
ls understood that several thousand of
the Afrikanders are confined there. A few
weeks ago they made application to tho
United States Consul at Bombay to ascer
tain what lands on the Pacific slope of tho
United States are available for settlement
and purchase by Boers. They represented
that the time when they should be liber
ated was not far away, that they did not
want to so back to South Africa, and
would like to get homes In this country.
While most of them could not afford to
buy Improved farms, a considerable num
ber of the prisoners- were men of means
and wanted to be assured that they might
purchase land already In cultivation and
situated reasonably convenient to market.
This application was duly transmitted to
tho Department of State, and Secretary
Hay referred it to the Secretary of the
Interior for a report. From him It reached
Commissioner Hermann, of the General
Land Office, and he reported on the nature
and extent of the Government lands on
the Pacific Coast, but could not give tho
information asked for as to improved
farmd. This part of the subject has been
referred to William Reld, of Portland,
who will communicate direct with the
United States Consul at Bombay, giving
such information about Oregon as may be
useful to the homeseeklng Boers.
In the application to the Bombay Con
sul the Boers appeared to speak more
confidently of their release than recent
events in South Africa would seem to.
warrant. It Is not known whether they'
expected to get liberty before the conclu
sion of the Transvaal war or whether they
believed their countrymen were about tol
give up the struggle.
Denver Makes a Bid.
DENVER. March 12. The Coliseum
Athletic Club will offer a 520,000 purse or
65 per cent of the gross receipts for tho
Jeffrles-Fitzslmmons fight. The officials
talk of holding the contest. If they suc
ceed In landing It, at Arlington Park, In
this city, and will construct an amphi
theater to scat 20,000 people.
Dlnmunil Merchants Fall.
LONDON. March 12. H. G. Emms & Co..
diamond merchants, have failed. Their
liabilities are estimated at 70,000.
BREAD DYSPEPSIA.
White Bread Makes Trouble "With,
Some People.
Leading up with white bread and
starchy cereals is quite sure to ultimately)
bring on some disorder of the bowel", and
ls frequently the cause of appendicitis.
The starches are not digested In the up
per stomach, but are treated In the duod-
enum and from there on down through
the whole length of the bowels. Conse-i
quently. If too much starchy food is used,.
particularly white breaa, iroume is lmeiyi
to set up. White bread does not contain
tho dlastatlc principles which naturo
placed In tho wheat berry to help digest
starch, but the white flour miller leaves
that part out.
Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food was per-!
fected purposely to supply the starch cf:
the cereals and the other parts Intended
by Nature for use. ana presents them tor
the body in a form that will easily be dl-
gested. In fact, they are predlgested by
a natural means during the process of.
manufacture, so that one can get all the!
energy and value from that sort of food
without overloading the organs.
A man from Brantford, Ont.. says: "For
the first 20 years of my life I lived out
of doors, then I took up my present em.
ployment. which Is Indoors, and requires
the exercise of the brain rather than tho
body.
"Gradually a languid feeling took pos
session of me. which developed Into dy3
pepsla and later Into constipation. These
conditions continued for several years In
spite of pills and laxatives without num
ber. After a time I began to suffer from
great lack of vitality and from time to
time with cramps in the bowels which usu
ally laid me up for three or four days.
Finally tho physician discovered that I
was on the point of appendicitis. After
one of these severe attacks, about 6lx
months ago, a neighbor brought In part
of a package of Grape-Nuts to try, and
I noticed good results from the first, and
have continued to use the food in place
of white bread and cereals I formerly
used.
"I have gained considerably In weight,
feel much better than I have In years, my
complexion has cleared up, digestion is
good, and I have not had a cramp since
starting; but more Important than all
else, I notice a distinct clearness of mind
sustained by an energy and nerve force
that I have not known before.
"I have learned an exceedingly valuable
lesson In living and will not. hereafter.
load myself down with food requiring too
much bulk to supply a sufficient amount of
nourishment as I used to. This lesson
In moderation In diet, and knowing how to
select proper food Is worth everything to
me." Name furnished by Postum Com
pany, Battle Creek, Mich.